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Khamtai Siphandon

1924 - 2025

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Khamtai Siphandone (Lao: ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ; 8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025) was a Laotian politician who served as the chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the fourth president of Laos from 1998 to 2006, when he was replaced by Choummaly Sayasone. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1954 and became a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khamtai Siphandon is the 1,338th most popular politician (up from 7,106th in 2019), the most popular biography from Laos (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Laotian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khamtai Siphandon ranks 1,338 out of 19,576. Before him are Kim Jong-suk, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Carol I of Romania, Nuon Chea, Henry the Lion, and Feodor III of Russia. After him are Ion Iliescu, Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Carol II of Romania, Alfonso V of Aragon, Theophilos, and Valdemar II of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Khamtai Siphandon ranks 15. Before him are Truman Capote, Robert Mugabe, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Eli Cohen, James Black, and Süleyman Demirel. After him are Jean-François Lyotard, Benoit Mandelbrot, Maurice Jarre, Sarah Vaughan, Georges Charpak, and Lauren Bacall. Among people deceased in 2025, Khamtai Siphandon ranks 15. Before him are Richard Chamberlain, Val Kilmer, Brian Wilson, Sebastião Salgado, Leo Beenhakker, and Eddie Jordan. After him are Ágnes Keleti, Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, George E. Smith, George Foreman, and Sofia Gubaidulina.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Khamtai Siphandon ranks 1 out of 22. After him are Thongloun Sisoulith (1946), Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Souphanouvong (1909), Sisavang Vatthana (1907), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Sisavang Vong (1885), Fa Ngum (1316), Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (1944), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), and Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Laos

Among politicians born in Laos, Khamtai Siphandon ranks 1. After him are Thongloun Sisoulith (1946), Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Souphanouvong (1909), Sisavang Vatthana (1907), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Sisavang Vong (1885), Fa Ngum (1316), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), and Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890).

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